Battling On

The last week or so has been tough.

Robyn is struggling with Post Natal Depression and as a result things are tough for both of us. I definitely have nothing to complain about compared to what she is going through though.

Lack of sleep is becoming the norm. 4 or 5 hours a night at the moment and strangely enough I think my body is adapting to it. Hopefully it wont catch up with me later on.

I've gone from running everyday to running when I can. I had previously put together 32 days straight, but am struggling to get 2 days in a row at the moment. I did and easy 5km yesterday and felt terrible. The upside was the time was pretty slick. I was just rolling the legs over and ran a PB over this course without even trying.

Lack off training is not a concern, my family is.

The new Athletics season starts on April 1st, and my registration papers are all ready to be sent off. Western Athletics will be my home from now on. I have previously run for Box Hill and Frankston aths clubs but when I approached them about rejoining for Season 07/08, neither of them got back to me.

I sent an email to all 3 above mentioned Clubs and the only one to reply was Western A's. Not only that, but more than one member got back to me! I think I heard from the Secretary, Registrar, Distance Coach and some others. I instantly felt welcome and when I met them for the first time I knew that they were the club for me. There are no egos or anything like that.

In fact their best runner, Luke Searle was asking for advice in regards to running a quick Steeplechase. The kids got talent. Has run sub 9 minutes for 3000m but yet to crack 10 minutes for the Steeple. He will, infact given his 3km flat time he should be running closer to 9:30 for the Steeple. Hes young and got time on his side, enthusiam to burn and plenty of balls by the sound of it. He told me he often hurdled the Water Jump!! Dunno bout that one, thats the first thing I would be changing if I were him. Still, what works for some might not for others.

At Box Hill I felt I was an outcast simply because I wasn't Coached by the "Club Distance Coach". The fact that my Coach was a member of Box Hill all his life, an Olympian and Comm Games Representative meant nothing. I was even left out of a Team for a State XC meet once despite the fact that I was the 1st or 2nd fastest Under 20 runner at every other race I had run. I represented Victoria at the National Cross but couldn't get a guernsey with my club!!!! Go figure!

Run for the Kids is coming up in a couple of weeks and I am very much looking forward to it. Given my training has been interupted I have changed my focus a little. I wont race it but instead will use it as a solid training run. Definitely looking forward to showing off the Saucony gear.

Enough babble for now, just good to get some things off my chest.

Ciao